AARP Kansas strongly opposes a proposal by Midwest Energy to add a new demand charge to residential customer bills. The company, a customer-owned electric and natural gas cooperative that serves 93,000 customers in 40 counties in central and western Kansas, is considering a three-part rate structure featuring a customer charge, energy charge and a demand charge, beginning Jan. 1, 2023. AARP urges the Midwest Energy Board to soundly reject the proposal at its meeting on Nov. 17, 2022.